For a man who\u2019s visited the world\u2019s most dangerous prison, been cornered by a gun-toting gang and hunted deadly box jellyfish, you\u2019d think a bog-standard holiday would be a bore, but Simon Reeve is excitedly telling me about plans for a family trip to Romania: \u201cThere\u2019s mountains and bears, and wild honey \u2013 I\u2019ve heard it\u2019s spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n
This passion for places shines in his\u00a0BBC\u00a0documentaries \u2013 he\u2019s been everywhere from the Indian\u00a0Ocena\u00a0to the Mediterranean, Kyrgyzstan to Cornwall \u2013\u202fand why his live stage show is such a hit. But life wasn\u2019t always so joyous. He was a disillusioned teenager, at one point on the brink of jumping off a bridge. But Simon says it was a spontaneous trip that changed his path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FROM TROUBLED LONDON TEEN TO INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURER, SIMON REEVE HAS BEEN TO SOME SERIOUSLY EXTREME PLACES. HE TELLS US HOW TRAVEL TRANSFORMED HIS LIFE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[152,479,498,500,490],"class_list":["post-4840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adventure","tag-great-outdoors","tag-hiking","tag-mountains","tag-solo-travel","destinations-united-kingdom","subcategories-remote","subcategories-solo-travel","inspirations-adventure"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n